Canon EOS 1DX: Canon announces its new flagship camera

After months of rumors swirling about, today Canon finally launched its new flagship DSLR: the Canon EOS 1D X. This new camera will replace not just the EOS 1Ds but also all EOS 1D current models... and will bring the APS-H sensor size to an end.

This new high-end camera is based on an 18MPix CMOS full-frame sensor and can reach a shooting speed of 14 fps (12 fps with auto-focus). It also features a high-precision AF system with 61 points, and 41 high-sensitivity cross-type sensors to ensure a very fast and precise auto-focus. Its 100–51,200 ISO and dual DIGIC 5 processors should ensure a low level of noise. The 1DX can even push its sensor to 204,800 ISO, the highest ISO on the market. (It will be interesting to see how good the pictures are at that ISO.) In term of metering, the 100,000-pixel RGB AE associated with the dedicated DIGIC 4 processor should help you under most lighting conditions.

The 1,040k-dot 3.2-inch LCD screen is announced as “superbly durable" and will give you a good idea of your picture results while shooting. And when shooting indoors, the 1GB ethernet connection will enable you to stream and check your photos directly on your PC or Mac.

The 1Dx also offers advanced video capabilities with full HD (1080p) and a wide range of controls such as exposure, frame rates, audio, and compression.

The Canon EOS 1D X will be available in March 2012 for the price of $6,800.

For more details, check out this page and this video by Canon showcasing the EOS 1DX:

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In the course of the past several weeks, both Canon and Nikon unveiled their professional digital reflex cameras for the next two years to come. With the D4, Nikon has updated a number of points in its pro camera body which cumulatively lead to an entirely new generation of SLR camera.

In response to the announcement of the Canon EOS 1D X, Nikon just unveiled its new flagship camera, the Nikon D4, which replaces the D3s at the top of the Nikon DSLR line-up. This new model features impressive specs: a new 16-Mpix FX sensor with sensitivity up to 200,000 ISO, uncompressed Full HD video recording with autofocus, 11 fps burst mode, improved 51-point autofocus module, face detection, wireless control...

Look at the photos that are taken with these cameras so bad according to DXO, does not seem true scores, but makes people happy on a website say that your camera is better, or worse yet, buy a camera so says a website. ;)

Not surprised

I haven't used a high-end camera from any brand, but I know that the sensor performance from Nikon's low-end is a LOT better than what Canon's low-end offers. So I don't find the 1DX scores surprising either, but I am disappointed nevertheless because I was hoping that Canon might finally work on their sensor. Having said that, the low-light performance is something to write home about.

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I guess you n00bs will be forgiven for not being familiar with the well-documented delays here recently. The wishlists for cameras to be reviewed are growing (there is a thread about this), and the camera database is littered with "previews", i.e. placeholders for reviews that may or may not appear. The entire first page camera sensors listed is marked preview bar three entries, and the second page has more of the same. That's over 30 cameras that are out in the wild, waiting to be reviewed, and that's ignoring the fact that some cameras have not been listed, casting doubt on whether there is any intention to ever review them. The only ones that are getting reviewed are from Sony, Canon and Nikon, skewing the market in ways that aren't good for the industry at large, or the consumer.

The site itself is broken in several places, and there's never any official response from the company, they just let the criticism trickle through like it doesn't matter.

What they don't realise is that after making themselves the de facto web-wide standard of sensor performance (snapsort takes its scores from here), it now has a responsibility to maintain a certain standard, otherwise the positive advertising effect it may have had on sales of its desktop software, may turn to a negative one.

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I can not believe

If you follow the results of this page, a Nikon D5100 is better than a 5DMarkIII, and is at the same level of a 1DX or medium format cameras, is incredible, this more than a house of analysis seems the advertising company Nikon & Sony. More and more voices are raised against the results of this website. Nikon camera you use images to promote your software. Interestingly most professional photographers lining the 500px sales, and have a great reputation ignore these results and continue to use mostly Canon or HB for their customers. I am also disappointed with the fact that now you may become responsible for the analysis Dpreview.com lenses, Nikon surely be the best in reverse of what everyone already knows. Kind regards.

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Re: I can not believe

I think you'll find it's around the other way. Canon is a marketing powerhouse - they probably spend more advertising than Nikon even makes in a year. This is the #1 reason why everyone wants Canon cameras. When the company with the biggest marketing budget also uses the best sensors then DXOmark will no longer go against the grain.

The objective results here do have real-world implications. Take a D5100 and a 7D out at sunset and the dynamic range difference is immediately obvious. You'll also find that you have to put the 7D to bed half an hour earlier. It's really no surprise to read the figures on this site if you use both cameras together.

Finally, the one thing everyone agrees on is that individual results are more useful than 'overall score'. For example the 5DmkIII absolutely smokes the D5100 in noise, which is what you'd expect. The overall score is too dependent on the weighting given to each category. For example Canon doesn't seem to value dynamic range whereas this DXOmark weights it quite heavily.

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I think you'll find it's around the other way. Canon is a marketing powerhouse - they probably spend more advertising than Nikon even makes in a year. This is the #1 reason why everyone wants Canon cameras. When the company with the biggest marketing budget also uses the best sensors then DXOmark will no longer go against the grain.

The objective results here do have real-world implications. Take a D5100 and a 7D out at sunset and the dynamic range difference is immediately obvious. You'll also find that you have to put the 7D to bed half an hour earlier. It's really no surprise to read the figures on this site if you use both cameras together.

Finally, the one thing everyone agrees on is that individual results are more useful than 'overall score'. For example the 5DmkIII absolutely smokes the D5100 in noise, which is what you'd expect. The overall score is too dependent on the weighting given to each category. For example Canon doesn't seem to value dynamic range whereas this DXOmark weights it quite heavily.

Re: I can not believe

Read reviews of this analysis, and search the web, Nikon DxOLabs favors. Not me, says many people, just look in google. And no one in the world to see the results of this house, just put a number, any sample image, and explain how they obtained the result of that test through the images. Result is a completely opaque, and put consumer cameras above the best professionals, gentlemen, this is completely unbelievable and untrue.

Examples:

Is it better a Nikon D800 for landscapes that a Phase One IQ180 Digital Back? The answer is NO, no way.

Is it better a Nikon D5100 a 5DmarkII for landscapes? The answer is NO.

And for portraits, are matched? NOT.

Is the Nikon D800 ISO performance better than 5DMarkIII? It is also false, in fact the Nikon is worth to cover sporting events, I know professionals who have confirmed.

I could go on with a long list of scores that are out of logic but I have work, each buy what you want.

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<div id="linkdxomark">This a comment for <a href="http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Database/Canon/EOS-1Dx">this page on the website</a></div>If you follow the results of this page, a Nikon D5100 is better than a 5DMarkIII, and is at the same level of a 1DX or medium format cameras, is incredible, this more than a house of analysis seems the advertising company Nikon & Sony. More and more voices are raised against the results of this website. Nikon camera you use images to promote your software. Interestingly most professional photographers lining the 500px sales, and have a great reputation ignore these results and continue to use mostly Canon or HB for their customers. I am also disappointed with the fact that now you may become responsible for the analysis Dpreview.com lenses, Nikon surely be the best in reverse of what everyone already knows. Kind regards.

I totally agree with you. We hope that DPReview not get too influenced by DxO for the verification of lenses if not, suddenly, our Canon lenses will become bad bottle bottoms.

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<div id="linkdxomark">This a comment for <a href="http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Database/Canon/EOS-1Dx">this page on the website</a></div>If you follow the results of this page, a Nikon D5100 is better than a 5DMarkIII, and is at the same level of a 1DX or medium format cameras, is incredible, this more than a house of analysis seems the advertising company Nikon & Sony. More and more voices are raised against the results of this website. Nikon camera you use images to promote your software. Interestingly most professional photographers lining the 500px sales, and have a great reputation ignore these results and continue to use mostly Canon or HB for their customers. I am also disappointed with the fact that now you may become responsible for the analysis Dpreview.com lenses, Nikon surely be the best in reverse of what everyone already knows. Kind regards.

The problem is that DxO in the general assessment gives the weight of each item in a non-uniform but shifts the weights of individual items at will: to promote NIKON.